Farmers are selling livestock to cover festival expenses, while traders see rising demand for clothes, food and household essentials.

Helped by local government support and growing demand for value-added dairy products, Shiva Bahadur Basnet of Dhankuta has built a business that creates jobs, boosts farmers’ incomes and strengthens the local rural economy.

Police detain six labourers after Anand Kumar Sah was attacked during a site inspection when he questioned the quality of an under-construction retaining wall.

Jautar Community Forest in Pakhribas is being turned into a medicinal plant gene bank and model eco-zone to conserve biodiversity, promote research and attract eco-tourism.

From Tehrathum to Salyan, farmers say relentless crop destruction by monkeys and other wild animals is forcing families to abandon farming, guard fields day and night, and leave villages in search of safer livelihoods.

Farmers in Tehrathum say monkeys are destroying crops, disrupting livelihoods and forcing children to skip school to guard fields.

Fed up with decades of inaction by authorities, villagers in Dhankuta have built a culvert over a stream through voluntary labour and their own funds.

Dozens of once vital bridges have become obsolete, left to rust without maintenance.

Absence of scientists and technicians cripples research, weakens services and deepens the crisis for farmers across Nepal.

Damaged warning systems and lack of maintenance raise safety concerns as drivers report higher accident risks in fog-prone stretches.

Municipal officials keep a 12-hour daily watch in Sardu and Nishane areas to prevent pollution and encroachment in key water sources.

Power supply was disrupted, and dozens of buildings were destroyed.

Eight airlifted to Kathmandu; brake failure suspected.

Election-time leaders have promised fencing, compensation, and have even discussed exporting monkey meat, yet Dhankuta farmers still battle monkeys from dawn to dusk.

Party warns of strong protest if alleged violations are not addressed.